Perhaps the strongest message to emerge from Villanova University's April 18 Second Annual Anti-Poverty Symposium -- "Unitas in Action: Fighting Poverty and Living Sustainably" -- is that the intersection between poverty and environmental destruction is no coincidence. In the global chain of
When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste -- humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.
The pope appealed to world
The pope dedicated his catechesis April 22, Earth Day, to a reflection on the human and Christian responsibility to care for the Earth, humanity's common home. The day marked the 50th Earth Day, which was established in 1970 to raise public awareness